Mechanism for watches



'(No' Modem E. J. ROUX. HAND SETTING MECHANISM FOR WATCHES.

Patented July 2, 1889.

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ERNEST JACQUES ROUX, OF GENEVA, SIVITZERLAND, ASSIGNOR 'IO THE ANCIENNEFABRIQUE VAOHERON AND OONSTANTIN, (LIMITED,) OF SAME PLACE.

HAND-SETTING MECHANISM FOR WATCHES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 406,307, dated July 2,1889.

Application filed February 14, 1889. Serial No. 299,882. (No model.)

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Beit known that I, ERNEST JACQUES ROUX, and around the tubular axis Ethere is a slidmanufacturer, of Geneva, Switzerland, have ing clutch G,there being a feather or square invented an Improvement in Hand-Settingupon the tubular axis E, by which the sliding' 5 Mechanism forIVatches,of which the fellowclutch G may be rotated at all times, andthis ing is a specification. clutch G is grooved peripherally for theend 55 This invention is adapted to that class of g of the lever II, bywhich end motion is given hand-setting device in which the crown upon tosuch clutch, and at the end of the clutch the shank can be moved endwiseas well as G and on the crown-pinion F there are ratchetro rotated.IVhen such crown is pressed toward teeth which engage each other in thedirecthe watch, it remains in t-he normal position, tion in which themainspring is wound up; 6o' and is adapted to the windingA of the watch5 but such teeth slide over each other when the but when the crown isdrawn outwardly the stem is moved in the opposite direction, thehand-setting mechanism is brought into acteeth separating and the endmovement of I5 tion and the crown can be rotated in either the clutch Gbeing allowed for by the spring direction, as may be necessary. J, thatacts upon the lever II, and at the end 65 In the drawings, Figure l isan elevation of the clutch G nextthe setting-gear K are of the mechanismconnected with the crown teeth that match such gear K when the clutchand in the normal position for winding. Fig. Vis moved int-o contacttherewith, and there is a 2o 2 is a vertical section of the parts in thepolever I, having one end i adjacent to the sition of Fig. l. Fig. 3 isan elevation of the end of the pin B and the other end 2" adjacent 7oparts with the crown connected to the handto the toe 7L upon the leverH.

setting mechanism. Fig. 4 is a vertical sec- The spring J is forked andconnected by a tion of the parts shown in Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 screw tothe watch plate, and it is free to 2 5 1s a detached view of thepush-pin. swing upon this screw, if necessary. One

I have represented a portion of the watchend of the spring J bearsagainst the lever II 75 plate at C and aportion of the stem at A. andthe other end against the lever I. IVhen Upon the plate C there is abridge D, and at the pin B is pushed into the position shown one sidethereof the wheel K is connected by in Fig. I, the lever I is movedthereby, and

3o a pivot-screw S, and this wheel K is connected the end i', actingagainst the toe h, moves the to the hand-setting wheels, which wheelsare lever II and slides the clutch G into its nor- 8o of any ordinarycharacter. The pin B passes mal position, and the spring J iscompressed. through this bridge D and also through the Vhenthe stem A isdrawn up, the expansion tubular axis E, and the upper part of the of thespring J moves both levers II and I,

3 5 tubular axis is polygonal for receiving the swinging the end i awayfrom the toe 7L and square end A of the winding stem. This swinging thelever H, so that the end g moves 8 5 winding-stem A is of any ordinarycharacter, the clutch G endwise and causes it to engage and it passesthrough the shank of the watch with the hand-setting wheel K, and theparts and is connected to the crown. Then the assume the position shownin Fig. 3, and one 4o crown is in its normal position, the stem A end ofthe spring J rests upon the screw M,

rests against the end of the pin B and such so as to prevent the springmoving the lever 9o pin B occupies the position shown in Figs. l Iany'farther than the position shown in Fig. and 2, and when the stem Ais drawn up the 3,and when t-he hand-setting has been accompressure ofthe pin B is released and such plished the pin B is moved endwise bypress- 45 pin is moved with the parts, hereinafter deure on the stem A,and the lever I acts against scribed, and assumes the position shown inthe t-oe 7L of the lever II and restores the parts 9 5 Figs. 3 and 4. totheir normal position, with the toe h rest- The tubular axis E hasaround it the pining upon the end 1l of the lever I, as shown lion F,which is loose thereon, and it is geared in Fig. l. The pin 7c upon thelever I allows for moving,` this Ievei I by ay pair 0E pliers, ingclutch, the lover I, pin I?, sind thc spring 01 Otherwise,when the partsare diSConnoCteii J, O'V nciing upon tim l'cspofi'iv IPYQVS, sub- Irointhe watch-Sinni. fsmntiniiy as sot forth.

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nient Of the Spring .I and lever I.

I Claim. as iny invention-

